Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-29
A FAT REWARD TO DIVIDE
CAPTURE OF THE FUR THIEVES WHO
KILLED HULLIGAN.

Sixteen Thousand Dollars Goes to the
Successful officers-Story Of the Crime
Retold-Pittsburg Has Baby-Farming
Sensation-Elying Isumor Regarding the
Chicago Anarchists-Sinfui Selections.
CLEVELAND, June 29-Word has been re-
ceived here from Alpena, Mich, announcing
the capture of Morgan, Hanley and Harring-
ton, three of the men implicated in the muir
der of Detective Hullgan at Ravenna, Feb
last, and the rescue of McMunn, the fur
robber, from Hulligan and Capt Holm. For
the past month Capt Holm has been at work
in the locality of Alpena The police of this
city had received reliable information that
the murderers were in hiding in the woods of
northern Michigan, and that they had made
Alpena their headquarters. Capt Holm wis.,
tied Alpena, but found that the criminals
had flown. Monday afternoon Super
intendent Schmitt, of this city, re-
ceived telegram from Sheriff
Lynch relating that the murderers were in
the vicinity Of Alpena. Capt. Holm and De
tective Reeves started for Aipena at once,
and on arriving there were informed that the
men they sought We're living with sister of
Mrs Lowry, wife of the notorious Charles
Lowry, a noted thief Mrs. Lowry lives on
Hamilton street in this city, and her house
was raided few days after the Rayenna trag-
edy At O'Clock the house was surrounded.
As soon rs the criminals found out that the
officers were at the doors they opened fire
and lively fusillade ensued Sheriff Lynch
was shot in the leg, and some members of the
posse were slightly hurt The house was
finally entered, however, and the men cap
tured A quantity of dynamite, some skele-
ton keys and burglars tools were found on
the prisoners, who were at once taken to jail
at Alpena
ALPENA, Mich June 20 Capt. Holm, of
the Cleveland police, has arrived here accom-
panied by two detectives. He has identified
the three men captured here Monday evening
as Morgan, Hanley, and Harrington, mem
bers of the reseuing party who took the pris-
oner McMmn from him at Ravenna, and
will take them to Cleveland
IficMmn, chief of gang of robbers who plum
dered a store in Cleveland. Ohio, last
February had escaped to Pittsburg, where
he was captured by Detective Hulligan and
Capt Holm. When the train reached
Ravenna on the way back here one of four men
who had been acting suspieously walked up be
hind Lieut.. Huligan 10 whom the prisoner was
shackled and dealt him terrible blow on the
head with a coupling pin. At the same time a
| revolver was held in his face and another placed
| in McMunn's hand. Capt. Holm ran to his COM
| Fade's assistance, but could not shoot as
| Ftullisan's body was held between him and
| the murderers Meantime another of
| the criminals had broken the lamps In the car,
| which thus left in total darkness The un-
conscious officer was then carried out of the car
| the murderers conveying it TO the lumber yard,
which was near. Before escaping from the car
the robbers had also shot Capt Holm in the thigh.
The officer had grappled with one of them, and
would have killed him by main strength had he
not been shot. Hulligan lived a day or two The
| robbers managed TO escape in the darkness. Re
wards amounting to $1,000 had been offered for
| their cantUn,